Shower or spray bath apparatus



May 21, 1929. R. L. FROST 1.714218 SHOWER 0R SPRAY BATH APPARATUS Filed April 23, 1928 ITZUETI/O? orney I ferred to by me in the Patented May 21, 1929.

UNITED STATES RUPERT LIVINGSTON-FROST, or CINCINNATI, onro.

PATENT sHowER 0R SP AY BATH APPARATUS.

Application fil'ed April 23, 1928. Serial No. 272,178.

This invention relates to readily detachable and adjustable shower and spray attachments for convenient service use in-bath-tubsmeans that are adjustably mounted or clamped on a supporting upright rod or standard in vertically-slidable position convenient to-the water supply and adapted to suit the height'of the person using the tub, whether tall or short, or whether-seated or standing. therein, and, also, using such ring shower or spray means to form a suspensionholder for a splash guard or protecting ourtain, and aiming always to avoid wetting the head, if desired, as well as to adapt the device to adult and child use alike, and with or without direct means of attachment tothe tub; and another object of the invention is to provide a rose-spray that is vertically slidable on said upright supporting standard or rod so that the water may be concentrated in various desired places 'onthe person. Other.

features of the invention willbe 'fully reaccompanying sheet of drawings, in whieh- Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a bath-tub in connection with which I have shown my; improved vertically adjustable shower ring and rose-spray devices, adapted to be operated independent of each other by the bather in the tub; Fig. 2, a bottom-plan view of the said shower-ring and. its clamping ineansjFig. 3, an end elevation of my apparatus showing the shower-ring and the clamping-means in. supported-place in connection with a tub of anysuitable construetiomxthe said ring being used 'for adjustably suspendinga drop-curtain from the vertical wall-rod,

and a stool, together with a vapor-lamp being shown in dotted-lines for displaying my de i vice when used for vapor or steaming purposes; Fig. 4:,a view similar to Fig. 3, but showing myshower-ring and a drop-curtain suspended from a vertical wall-rod for use in connection with an ordinary washer general utility tub and adapted to be connected up by means of a flexible tubing withra water vessel that is supported on a wall-shelf above I the said shower-ring to give proper gravity or head-pressure to the fluid in said vessel for dischargethrough the said shower-ring on the person or bather in said'tub; and Fig. 5, a transverse section of an ordinary roll-edge bath-tubshowing the manner in which a rosespray device may be adjustably supported on a vertical rod or'standard that is detach-j ably secured to the roll-edge of the tub atany point convenientktoathe leather in using the said spray, and said standard having a' drop 1,714,218 OFFICE. f

curtain ringoryoke at'its upper endforsuspending the curtain 1n proper position over the tub or below its upper edge in connection with the 'bather, either sitting or standing therein An ordinary partly built-in bath-tub A is 7 shown in Fig. 1, together with a section of floor B and a section of tile or other suitable wall G, all in due relation for use in connection with the customary end-faucet.

6 indicates a' vertical rod or standard at tached by means of brackets 7 7, to thesaid wall C above the rear edge of the tub A, about mid-length of the'latter, for the convenient use or service of-thebatherQ f Sindicates a tubular shower-ring having its jet-openings 9 ina circular series along its lower inner perlpheryso as to direct the flow of the water at an angle or inclination downwardly towardythe body of the batherand preferably without the water contacting with his head. Thisring is constructed almost'a full circle, with' its opposite endsfl-O and 11 bent downwardly at a right-angle for detach-V able engagement with 'a flexible rubber-tubing 12 that leads to the neutralizing discharge-part 13 of the usual double-valve faucet 14 from the pendent end-11, the other pendent end 10 of the'said ring being provided with. a removable screw-plug (not I shown) forreversing the position of the attaching end of the watervsupply tubing 12 7 when it isdesired'to' reverse the flow of the water throughthe ring in keeping the jeto'penings 9 clear or to suit the position of the said faucet in the tub. Both of said downturned ends 10 and 11 are adapted tothe use lugs 18 and 19, disposed inwardly for the convenience of the bather, and one of which lugs (18) is internally screw-threaded for the engagement of the like threaded end of a lug-closing draw-screw 20 which has'a.

handle 21, the form and'structure of-such screw that can be accomplished by sliding clamping device being best shown in the bottom-plan, Fig. 2. By manipulating the ban dle 21 the clamp can be readily opened and closed to and from contacting-engagement with the standard 6 in raising and lowering the shower-ring along said standard for vertically varying the direction and position of the discharging water along the person of the leather, especially when in a standing posture in the tub, anchalso. readily allowing for his sitting position, as desired. The clamping device which forms a couplingtor the ring can be readily thrown wide openfor the removal otitse-lt and the ring simultaneouslyfrom the rod 6 by withdrawing. the

a thumb and finger spring compression clamp-jaw 24, the latter having due clamping engagement with the rod 6, for up anddo'vsm sliding movement of the rose-spray to suit the place of discharge of the spray on the body of the bather, or on his head, if desired. The said clamp holds the rosespray in adjusted position wherever placed 7 on thestandard, ready for easy detachment or vertical. movement of the spray. A rub ber tubing 25 is connected tothe lower open end or" the hollow fluid coupling shank 23 for connectionwith the faucet.

It is obvious that either of the shower ring or rose-spray devices can be mounted and used separately, or either onecan be retained on the standard. 6 withoutv the presence of the other, just as the bather desires and plans, and, furthermore, an ordinary washtub D, such as is shown in Fig. 4, can

be used instead of the forms or bath-tub seen in Figsl and 5, a vertical rod or standard 6 being attached to the side wall, adjacent the plainw sh-tub and having a shower-ring 8 clamped in removable and sliding place thereon by means of a jaw device similar to that seen in Figs. 1 and 2 and a dropburtain F used on the said ring 8 for confiningthe sprayed water within the radius of the tub that receivesit from the surface of the batller whence he gets it through the rubber tubing 12 from dischargeconnection at the bottom of a bucket or vessel 26 that is supported by a bracketed Shelli on said side wall above the standard 6, such bucket'b'eing duly elevated above the level of said shower-ringso as to give the proper gravity or. head-pressure to the supply or stream of water flowing from the bucket to the said shower-ring.

The form of device seen in l is especially well adapted for use in remote or outlying places where there is ordinarily no pumped or pipe-conducted water supply.

Theform of device seen. in Fig. 3 is the one adapted tor use as a vapor bath and not necessarily coupled-up th a water supply for spray or shower pr i res, and in which event the ring 8; is not a perforated one but simply a plain ring or yoke that is remove ably and adjustably held on thestandard .6 by means of a clamp device similar to the one seen in Fig 2, or the clamp may be the same as that seen in Figs. 4; and 5. A curtain E'is used on the ring 8 for drop-suspension inthe tub D which; may be either a bath tub or an ordinary plain general util-- ity or wash tub, and a stool Gf(shown do'tted) is placed in the tub for the batherto sit upon while the vapor from a heatinglamp H (also shown dotted.) beneath the said stool is arising around said .bather whose shouldersare covered with a bathtowel or other suitable cloth, in the usual vapor bath service, to confine said vapor within the chamber thus alforded by the said suspended drop-curtain that can be readily adjusted upor down onsaid standard 6 to suit his height above the tub bottom.

In Fig. 5 I show how theupright ringsupporting standard 6 can be mounted by means o'faclamp-member 27 on the rolledge 28 of a bath-tub, with anintervening.

rubber pad 29 to protect the enameledusurface of said rolleedge, and, also, with a setscrew 30, the latter working from beneath the clan1p-me1nber, for contact with the underside of said roll-edge, to hold the standard 6 in vertical or upright position at any desired. point along the said rollredgeof the tub,but preferably convenient, of course, for the rubber hose connection. 25 of the rosespray 22 that is detachably and adjustably supported by means of an ordinary thumbaud-finger spring-controlled clamp 2% on said ring-rod 6, the supporting-ring for a drop curtain being shown at 8 and duly clamped or held" on the rod 6 for adjustable positioning, as in th forms seen inFigs. '1, 3 and 4:. Thus it will not be necessary to mount the said rod or standard 6on the side wall of the roompwhich would be objection: able and'inconvenient inmany instances and not so handy to place or remove as'on and along the edge of the tub. I claim:- v j v 1.. In a shower or spray device for bath tubs or the like, the COIHblIlELt-lOIlOf ahori zontal. shower and curtainsupporting ring, an upright suppciting-standard, -a pair of clampingjaws 'pivotally hinged together in shiftabl'e relation on said standard, hand operated means for locking said clampingjaws in the said shiftable relation and adapted 'to be readily detached therefroi'n, and tubular means for supplying bathing fluid to said shower and curtain-supporting ring.

2. In ashower or spray device for'ba-thtubs or the like, the combination of an auxiliary rose-spray having an extensible Water-supply connection, an upright standard and a hand-operated clamping-jaw adapted to be removably and adjustably held in Va riable using place on the said standard and to variably support the said auxiliary'rose- In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

' RUPERT LIVINGSTON FROST. 

